Years before he met Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson was a football player at Yale. A big game in 1999 got him noticed by the NFL, according to Pop Culture. In 2001, Johnson was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, but he suffered injuries that had him missing most of the 2003 and 2005 football seasons. After his contract with the 49ers ended, Johnson signed a one-year deal with the New Orleans Saints. The Saints re-signed him the following year, but he was cut before the regular season began.
With his football career done, Johnson's next plan was to attend business school at the prestigious Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. But his potential move to Pennsylvania came around the same time as his first meeting with Simpson. An insider told Us Weekly that Johnson ultimately pulled out of his two-year business program at the Philadelphia-based Ivy League school to stay close to Simpson in Los Angeles.
While he could have just retired and become Mr. Simpson — his wife runs a billion dollar fashion empire, after all (per Forbes) — in the fall of 2020, Johnson launched his new wellness company, Legendary Disciplines. In an Instagram post, Johnson wrote that he hoped to "introduce the world to many mind/ body teachings" from "excellent teachers and coaches in wellness, sports, and life, who truly care about every person feeling their best." A power couple, for sure!
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